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CHAPTER 168 : Behind the Palace Doors
The glow of Aetherium crystals illuminated the master bedroom of the Grand Palace in a pale blue hue. The chamber was as vast as half of Matthew’s penthouse in New York City.Yet there was no warmth here. No thick carpets, no fireplace, and most importantly, no Viviane and Dominic.Matthew Thomas stood near the giant curved glass window, staring out across the landscape of Aetheria. Towers of pure energy pierced through the purple clouds overhead.Inside his mind, visions of bustling New York City, rain soaking the asphalt of Manhattan, and the tiny laughter of Dominic, only two months old when Matthew had left, continued to replay endlessly. His fists clenched tightly. He had to return to Earth, no matter the cost.The five-meter-tall double doors behind him hissed open. Crown Princess Seraphina stepped inside. Her ceremonial gown woven from strands of light had been replaced by a military uniform crafted from white-and-gold nano-fiber fabric.Her perfectly symmetrical face, a signat
CHAPTER 167 : The Thousand-Year Oath
The Central Plaza of Aetheria’s capital was an architectural miracle of light beyond human comprehension.Millions of Aetherian citizens gathered across the vast expanse that stretched endlessly toward the purple horizon, while billions of other eyes watched the sacred ceremony through the collective neural computation network.At the center of the plaza stood a magnificent altar shaped from a pillar of pure energy, rising through the dense clouds above and radiating a resonance that made the hair on the back of one’s neck stand on end.Upon that altar stood Matthew. His human body was clad in Aetherian Ceremonial Armor, a masterpiece of dark silver battle plating that felt as light as silk. Yet it radiated an aura of absolute and lethal authority.Beside him stood Crown Princess Seraphina, her entire being emanating the untouchable elegance of a queen born to rule the stars.The High Priest of Aetheria, an ancient entity with a half-tr
CHAPTER 166 : The Threat Beyond the Stars
The atmosphere inside Archon Global’s Command Center, located two hundred meters beneath the asphalt streets of New York City, was frantic with activity. Everyone looked panicked with their respective duties, yet everything remained under control.The massive domed chamber was illuminated by rotating blood-red emergency lights. Hundreds of personnel, ranging from data analysts and shadow military tacticians to scientists, rushed back and forth between rows of consoles, making sure their work continued without interruption.On the main wall, a gigantic screen displayed a map of the solar system alongside a digital countdown timer that continued ticking downward, currently reading 68:45:12.The number felt like the pulse of something dying. The smell of cold sweat, spilled coffee, and ozone from overheated servers filled the suffocating air of the room.Viviane herself stood motionless on the glass balcony above, staring down at the organized chaos be
CHAPTER 165 : Aegis-2 Protocol
A blizzard howled violently outside, slamming against the bulletproof glass atop Lane Corp Tower. New York City lay buried beneath a frozen white blanket, as though the universe itself were delivering an early warning of the apocalypse to come.Inside the main conference room, the temperature was maintained at peak comfort levels, costing thousands of dollars per hour. Yet the atmosphere around the circular table felt far colder than the storm outside.Viviane Lane sat upright in the CEO’s chair. Her face was a flawless porcelain mask, firm, elegant, and deadly. Beneath her light makeup, however, dark circles painted the exhaustion she could no longer fully conceal.Ever since her husband, Matthew Thomas, vanished into orbit aboard an alien vessel one month ago, Viviane had carried a burden capable of shattering an ordinary person’s sanity.She had to manage two global giants, Archon Global and Lane Corp, while raising Dominic alone. The suffo
CHAPTER 164 : Preparations for a Cosmic Marriage
The chamber assigned to Matthew had no sharp corners at all. Its walls curved seamlessly, crafted from a material resembling milky marble that emitted a warm glow, adjusting itself to the body temperature of its occupant.Beyond the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, the capital city of Aetheria stretched across the horizon in terrifying magnificence. Jagged crystal towers pierced through purple storm clouds that constantly rumbled with energy and lightning.To anyone else, a place like this might have seemed like paradise. To Matthew, it was the most luxurious prison cell in the universe. He sat at the edge of a bed formed from anti-gravity energy fields. In the palm of his hand, a small bluish holographic projection flickered softly.The projection displayed a short recording of Viviane, his beloved wife. In the hologram, Viviane was holding little Dominic while laughing freely toward the camera. It was a laugh she rarely showed the outside world, a laugh t
CHAPTER 163 : Galactic Checkmate
Aetheria’s Main Command Chamber was not built from steel or reinforced concrete but from a matrix of pure energy that pulsed endlessly.Golden-blue radiance crawled along the curved walls, releasing a low-frequency hum that vibrated deep within the chest cavity.The air smelled thick with ozone, cold, sterile, and oppressive, as if the gravity in the chamber had been deliberately intensified to test the worthiness of anyone standing inside it.At the center of the room, a massive projection table displayed a three-dimensional tactical map of the outer sector of Earth’s solar system. Points of light representing billions of lives drifted like stardust in the vacuum of space.The Four Supreme Generals of Aetheria stood surrounding the table. They were towering humanoid beings clad in liquid crystal armor that reflected the matrix light.Their pale skin radiated the cosmic arrogance of a race that had ruled for thousands of years. Across f
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